--- title: Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» What does she want? — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» What does she want? Test 11 of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/) / t11 # Test 11 · Colours Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» What does she want? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** look out, want This is test 11 of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/8-colours/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:1 # text = Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tiān tiān X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 9 hēi hēi X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 10 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 huí huí X FW _ 13 compound _ _ 13 jiā jiā NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | present | Ming's mum | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What does she want? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:2 # text = What does she want? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present · do-support | mum | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} You to wear black ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:o1:1 # text = You to wear black 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | to-infinitive | You | | | | | black *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} You to look at the stars ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:o2:1 # text = You to look at the stars 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | to-infinitive | You | | | | | at the stars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} You to go home, it's got dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:o3:1 # text = You to go home, it's got dark 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 9 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | to-infinitive | You | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present · passive | it | | | | | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} You to get the black bag ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t11:o4:1 # text = You to get the black bag 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | You | the black bag | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bag=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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